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New support measures for unpaid carers
29 November 2024 | News
The Minister of State for Care, Stephen Kinnock has announced a ... initiatives that improve support for unpaid carers in England. Mr Kinnock announced new projects to help give carers much-needed breaks and greater flexibility, as well as technology to make their ...
Taxi Tax Hits Disabled People Disproportionately
15 April 2025 | News
... at a proposed 20 per cent levy on services like Uber and Bolt. Stephen Brookes, the transport policy adviser at ... have no other viable transport options, are already grappling with soaring living costs, while personal independence payments are cut. “A move that impacts on and sidelines Disabled people, all in the name of propping ...
Electoral Commission data reveals impacts of Voter ID on Disabled people
28 June 2023 | News
The Electoral Commission has published interim analysis on Voter ID, which needed to be used for ... Certificates was low – around 90,000 people applied, and around 25,000 used the Certificate as a form of ID to ... voting age, with the right residential or citizen status, and not subject to legal incapacity, can vote. It is ...
Extra costs faced by Disabled people continue to rise
24 September 2024 | News
... updated its Disability Price Tag report for the second year in succession. It shows that the cost of living with a ... amount of money a disabled household needs, to equal the standard of living of a non-Disabled household. The findings ... of last year’s report put this amount at £975 per month, and the latest findings show an increase of £35, bringing ...
DR UK demands a more accessible housing system
20 October 2022 | News
... the government on proposed changes to the social rented and private rented sector. In our first response to the government consultation: ... second response to the consultation: “A Decent Homes Standard in the private rented sector ”, focused on the need ...
'If you get transport right for Disabled people, you get it right for everyone'
04 June 2025 | News
Last week, Transport Minister Simon Lightwood visited Blackpool following the £4 ... – a £1 billion commitment to improving bus services and infrastructure across England, including nearly £38 million to introduce 319 new zero-emission ...
Stories of Success from DR UK’s Leadership Academy
29 June 2023 | News
Zoey Empson, a candidate on our Leadership Academy Programme, gives some testimony about the impact our programme had on her and her life. “During my career progression and advancement, I was offered ...
A New Year Message on the Access to Work scheme
21 January 2025 | News
Wasn’t it great to see Chris Mccausland, blind comedian and winner of Strictly, deliver the Channel 4 alternative ...
Data reveals extent of the prepayment meter scandal
29 March 2023 | News
Ofgem announced last month that the ban on the forced installation of Prepayment meters under warrant was to be ... crisis. Ofgem are now reviewing the use of PPMs and companies have been instructed to offer compensation to ... the duplicitous behaviour of energy firms. To hear that nearly 94,000 meters were forced installed last year is ...
Support the Open Doors for Guide Dogs campaign
14 November 2022 | News
The charity Guide Dogs has launched a campaign and petition calling for the strengthening of the Equality Act so that ... dog owners continue to face access refusals from businesses and services including cafés, shops, and taxis because they ...